1975-76 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics
Team Record: 29-39-8 - 66 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Parker MacDonald (29-39-8)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 29 wins and 39 losses and 8 ties for 66 points in the AHL's Southern Division.
The Nighthawks scored 261 goals and yielded 295. Tom Colley netted 38 goals for New Haven, while Rick McCann contributed 42 assists. Brian Holderness topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.43 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1975-76 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Colley | C | 76 | 38 | 31 | 69 | 35 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.91 | |
| Rick Chinnick | R | 75 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 8 | 0.28 | 0.53 | 0.81 | |
| Rick McCann | C | 73 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 47 | 0.21 | 0.58 | 0.78 | |
| Brian McCutcheon | L | 58 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 22 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.79 | |
| Don Martineau | R | 64 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 129 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.55 | |
| Alain Langlais | L | 53 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 34 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.58 | |
| Bill Lochead | F | 24 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 24 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 1.25 | |
| Germain Gagnon | L | 26 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 0.46 | 0.62 | 1.08 | |
| Scott MacPhail | RW | 53 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.47 | |
| Doug Rombough | C | 42 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 0.12 | 0.48 | 0.60 | |
| Larry Giroux | D | 67 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 121 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.37 | |
| John Flesch | L | 31 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 95 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.68 | |
| Jerry Engele | D | 58 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 232 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.36 | |
| Tim Young | C | 13 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 0.54 | 1.00 | 1.54 | |
| Tommy Williams | C | 20 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 1.00 | |
| Bob Gryp | L | 22 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.86 | |
| Mike Korney | R | 21 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.81 | |
| Brian Watts | L | 57 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.30 | |
| Bill Plager | D | 48 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.35 | |
| Jim Nahrgang | D | 49 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 74 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.31 | |
| Rich Nantais | L | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 79 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.37 | |
| Norm Gratton | L | 29 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.48 | |
| Pierre Jarry | L | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 0.92 | |
| Blake Dunlop | C | 10 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 1.20 | |
| Chris Ahrens | D | 70 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 121 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.14 | |
| Lowell Ostlund | D | 48 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 97 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Dwight Bialowas | D | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.41 | |
| Glen Burdon | D | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.26 | |
| Barry Salovaara | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 | |
| Ron Anderson | R | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.24 | |
| Brian Holderness | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Frank Bathe | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0.14 | 0.14 | ||
| Bob Krieger | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Grant | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Peter McDuffe | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Terry Richardson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Glenn McLeod | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bench | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||||
| Totals | 1365 | 261 | 431 | 692 | 1460 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Grant | 23 | 1392 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4.09 | 749 | 654 | .873 |
| Peter McDuffe | 21 | 1245 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 4.10 | 709 | 624 | .880 | |
| Brian Holderness | 29 | 1734 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 3.43 | 859 | 760 | .885 |
| Terry Richardson | 4 | 243 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.46 | 14 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 4614 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 293 | 3.81 | 2345 | 2052 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Colley | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Rick Chinnick | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Rick McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Martineau | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Germain Gagnon | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Scott MacPhail | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Rombough | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Giroux | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| John Flesch | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Jerry Engele | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Tommy Williams | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Bob Gryp | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Bill Plager | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Norm Gratton | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Ahrens | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Lowell Ostlund | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter McDuffe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Richardson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Terry Richardson | 2 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.86 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 186 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.23 | 0 |
